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Also, Lemmy is pronounceable, like Jimmy or any other name. How many syllables is kbin? Four individual letters?
Also also, "Lemmy World" can be said out loud in polite company. Shit just doesn't work.
It would be pronounced “kaybin”. Like the Linux directory /sbin. It’s basically a name technical people would appreciate in a pun sort of way.
Okay, thank you. "Kaybin" is pronounceable - when you know this.
I am not very familiar with Linux. Can you tell me what /sbin means? And if kbin is a nod to that, then what does the "k" mean?
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